Raekwon announced that he’s dropping off his highly anticipated new album, The Emperor’s New Clothes, later this month, and the set is stacked with features.
The Wu-Tang Clan member finally revealed the release date for his new project on Tuesday (July 1), and it will feature appearances from Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Nas, Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, Stacy Barthe and Marsha Ambrosius. Production will also be handled by Swizz Beatz, Nottz, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League and Frank G and Roadsart. The album is set to drop on July 18 via Mass Appeal, and will be Raekwon’s first release since 2017’s The Wild.
The news comes after Nas and Mass Appeal announced in April that they’d be dropping off seven different albums from seven different legendary artists before the end of 2025. Raekwon was on that list, which also included Nas and DJ Premier, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, Big L, De La Soul and what the brand calls an “epic return by a surprise guest of honor,” according to a press release. Among those projects will likely be Ghostface Killah’s long-rumored Supreme Clientele 2. As for the De La Soul and Mobb Deep records, they’ll be the first release since the deaths of Trugoy The Dove and Prodigy.
No more details were made available, but the new Nas record will be the rapper’s first since his 2023 run, during which he dropped off King’s Disease III, Magic 2 and Magic 3.
Raekwon is currently on tour as part of the Wu-Tang Clan and Run the Jewels’ The Final Chamber tour. The trej will head to Denver’s Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre on July 4.
